价钱 jiàqián price
How to remember 价钱: 价 price + 钱 money = price.
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How it is used
- 价钱 (jiàqián) means 'price' in everyday spoken contexts, especially when discussing whether something is worth it or negotiable: 这个价钱太贵了 (zhège jiàqián tài guì le) - this price is too expensive.
- It's more colloquial than 价格 (jiàgé), which is the neutral, formal term used on price tags, in economics, and in writing.
- Common in bargaining contexts: 讲价钱 (jiǎng jiàqián) - to haggle over the price.
Example sentences
- 价钱是10年前的2倍。 Jiàqián shì 10niánqián de 2bèi.Prices are double what they were ten years ago.